A Fabulous Courtesan

A Fabulous Courtesan

Of all the world-renowned courtesans of the era, Carolina, La Belle Otero, was too fabulous a character not to include in a major role. It’s hard for us to understand now, just how pre-eminent the courtesans were during the belle époque. As icons, they not only...
A Right Royal Suffragette

A Right Royal Suffragette

Princess Sophia Alexandrovna Duleep Singh was born in England in 1876, the youngest child of the Maharajah Duleep Singh. I came across this fascinating gentleman while seeking a maharajah for the story (our maharajah is a constructed character, although the existence...